Mayor Tishaura Jones opens up about 'ugly truths' on abortion and race

by Mark Maxwell | KSDK

“Jones sees it as part of her job to fix the public focus on issues that deserve more attention. She doesn't feel her tweet injected race into the issue, but rather highlighted the challenges that already exist in the real world.

"Some of my white ally friends feel that sometimes when we talk about race, or when we have those honest and tough conversations, that we are somehow shaming them. And we're not," she said. "We're just talking about the truth."

"This decision puts all women at risk, whether they are rich, poor, white, Black, brown, whatever. The signaling in this ruling, Judge Alito talks about privacy, and it talks about marital rape, and other really horrendous issues when it comes to a woman's right to just live and thrive in this country.””

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